Jim Beam closing Cincinnati facility, cutting 159 jobs

Jim Beam Brands Co. will close its facility on Paddock Road in Cincinnati.

The company will start closing the production facility Oct. 28i, WCPO.com reports. Some employees will be able to voluntarily leave the company earlier.

A letter to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says the closure will affect 159 employees. The United Food and Commercial Workers and Local No. 32D represents 121 of the affected employees.

The initial closing announcement was made in 2009. The company said at that time it would be closing the plant in 2011.